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From: Little Elm, Tx
When you lifted your Jeep it put a steeper angle on your drive shaft. That rubber fitting wasn't made to do that. I have a 2 door and the same thing happened. Time for a new drive shaft. One with a double cardan joint. Like this
You can still run with the one you have for some time until all the grease slings out and dries up. At that point it will lock up and either break the drive shaft or damage your transfer case or front pinion. There are a bunch of aftermarket driveshafts. I went with JE Reel.
You can still run with the one you have for some time until all the grease slings out and dries up. At that point it will lock up and either break the drive shaft or damage your transfer case or front pinion. There are a bunch of aftermarket driveshafts. I went with JE Reel.
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From: Camp Pendleton, CA
Originally Posted by Cfitz22
When you lifted your Jeep it put a steeper angle on your drive shaft. That rubber fitting wasn't made to do that. I have a 2 door and the same thing happened. Time for a new drive shaft. One with a double cardan joint. Like this
<img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=427026"/>
You can still run with the one you have for some time until all the grease slings out and dries up. At that point it will lock up and either break the drive shaft or damage your transfer case or front pinion. There are a bunch of aftermarket driveshafts. I went with JE Reel.
<img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=427026"/>
You can still run with the one you have for some time until all the grease slings out and dries up. At that point it will lock up and either break the drive shaft or damage your transfer case or front pinion. There are a bunch of aftermarket driveshafts. I went with JE Reel.
REPLACE ASAP and get atleast lower adjustable arms to correct the pinion angles...
JK Super Freak
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From: Camp Pendleton, CA
Originally Posted by Billabong
Thanks for the info guys, so what would be the best and cheapest way to get this fixed?
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From: Fort Lewis, WA
You don't "need" adjustable lower control arms to run aftermarket drive shafts but getting them and installing them together helps. If you only got the drive shafts you'd be fine but with the control arms you can adjust the pinon angle so that the everything is operating closer to spec. No vibration or dreaded death wobble. Plus since you'd have things torn apart already you'd have to do it once. I wouldn't wait to get it fixed thats for sure.
JK Super Freak
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From: Cleveland, Ohio
You don't "need" adjustable lower control arms to run aftermarket drive shafts but getting them and installing them together helps. If you only got the drive shafts you'd be fine but with the control arms you can adjust the pinon angle so that the everything is operating closer to spec. No vibration or dreaded death wobble. Plus since you'd have things torn apart already you'd have to do it once. I wouldn't wait to get it fixed thats for sure.